Tabulating mechanism for type-writers and computing-machines.



'1. WALDHEIM. TABULATING MECHANISM FOR TYPE WRITERS AND COMPUHNGMACHINES.

APPLICATKON FILED FEB. I. 1912 1,177,909. Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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WITNESSES: INVNTEIR= 3-115 ATTORNEY J. WALDHEIM.

TABULATING MECHANISM FOR TYPE WRITERQ AND COMPUTING MACHINES.APPLICATION FILED FEB. I, I912.

1,1 77.909. Patented Apri 4, 1916.

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INVENTEIRL f. v @YWM i/WM l-hs ATTORNEY J. WALDHEIM. TABULATING mscmmsmron TYPE WRITING AND COMPUTING MACHINES- APPLICATION FILED FEB. l.l'slz. 1,177,909.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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HIS ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATEI '1 OFFICE.

JOHN WALDHEIM. OF NEWARK. NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR. BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TOREMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY. OF ILION, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEWYORK.

TABULATING MECHANISM FOR TYPE-WRITERS AND COMPUTING-MACHINES.

Application filed February 1, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1. JOHN \Yxnnnnnr. a citizen of the linitcd States. andresident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey. haveinvented. certain new and useful Improvements in Tl abulating Mechanismfor 'lype-lVriter and Computing-Machines. of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to typewriting inachines and computing machines andit has for its principal object to provide improved tabulator mechanismfor positioning a carriage.

I have provided tabulator mechanism for arresting the carriage of thet).'pewriter and of the computer in any desired denominational positionin any one of a plurality of columns. One of the features of novelty ofthis tabulator mechanism resides in the fact that I provide both columnkeys and denominational keys and denominational stops,

and the construction is such that when anydenominational key is operatedthe carriage will be arrested in the corresponding denominationalposition by the first column stop to reach the operated denominationalstop; but if one of said column keys be first operated and then adenominational key is operated. the operation of the column key rendersthe denominational stops incapable of arresting any other column stopthan the one corresponding to the operated column key.

To the. above and other ends which will hereinafter appear, my inventionconsists in certain features of constructions, and combinations andarrangements of parts, all of whi h will be fully set forth herein and.particularly pointed out in the claims.

One embodiment of my invention is illustrated in 'he accompanyingdrawings in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of so much of a combinedtypewriting and computing machine as is necessary to illustrate theembodiment of my invention therein. is a plan view of the forward partof said machine. Fig. 3 is a skeleton view similar Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4. 1916.

Serial No. 674,718.

to a part of Fig. l but showing a denominatiOlini talmlator key operatedwithout operating a. column key. Fig. 4 is a view similar to the upperpart of Fig. but showing the positions of the parts when a column key isoperated but no denominational key is cuuerated. Fig. 5 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 4 with the column key operated and with a denominationalstop also operated. Fig. 6 is a side view of one of the adding heads andshowing the latch 0r detent in released position. Fig. 7 is a left-handside elevation of a tabulator stop device arranged to be mounted on thecomputer carriage but not associated with or constituting part of anadding head. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary rear elevation of thedenominational stops and some of the associated parts.

All of tho figures of the drawing are on a reduced scale and in all. ofthem parts have been shown in section or broken away or omitted entirelyas has been found convenient.

I have shown my invention applied to a \Vahl adding machine mounted asan attachment on a Remington No. 11 typewriter. It will, of course, beunderstood that the invention can be applied or adapted to othercombined typewriting and computlng machines, and some of its featuresare applicable to other than combined machines.

The main frame of the Remington typewriter comprises a base 1, cornerposts 2 and a top plate 3. Stationary rails 4 sup port, by means ofroller bearings, a carriage truck 5 which has a shift frame 6 mountedtherein by means of links 7 which allow said shift frame to be moved upand down to a limited extent for upper and lower case writing. A platen8 has its axle 9 journaled in said shift frame. The means for 'hif'ing'this frame are not shown hert-ia.

The carriage is fed across the machine toward the left by a strap 10running over a spring dri 1i and =;:onnectcd to said can 'iage. T i teeE of the carriage is controlled a; means wh ch include afeed rack 12which 1s pivoted to the truck 5 at 13 and which engages a feed inion 14,the shaft of which is JOUIIlflled in a bracket 15 and at its rear endcarries two escapement wheels 16. Said escapement wheels are controlledby a feed,

dog mounted on the upper end of an arm 17 of a dog rocker, which dogrocker is pivoted at 18 to a bracket of the main frame. Said dog rockerhas another arm 19 which is connected by a link 20 with an arm 21projecting toward the rear from a rock shaft 22 (Figs. 2 and 3). Saidrock shaft is pivoted at 23 in the base 1 on pivot screws and it has atthe ends thereof arms 24 projecting toward the rear and supporting, bymeans of depending links 25, the universal bar 26 of the typewriter.Said universal bar lies beneath the seriesof printing key levers 27which at their forward ends bear keys 28. These keys are arranged inrows across the machine, the numeral keys being in the rear rpw. Each ofthe printing keys is connected by a link 29 with a sub-lever 30 which inturn is connected by a link 31 with a type bar 32 having types 33 on itsfree end. In the drawings I have shown only one of these type bars andits connections, as the construction of the machine is well known. Allof said type bars are mounted in hangers which are secured to astationary segment 34.

The lVahl adding attachment comprises a stationary frame including aframe plate 35 which is secured by means of brackets 36 to the top plate3 of the typewriter. The plate or frame piece 35 supports the actuator37 of the adding attachment, which actuator is of well-knownconstruction and need not be particularly described herein.Saidactuator, however, comprises a series of key-operated levers 38which, through certain mechanism including spirally arranged arms 39mounted on a rock shaft "40, actuate the master Wheel 41, which masterwheel is adapted to actuate the adding heads or registers. The levers 38of the \Vahl machine, are operated by links 42 extending to those of thekey levers 27 which carry the numeral keys 28 I of the typewriter.

The computing mechanism includes a carriage conslsting of a bar 43 whichresembles,

in a general way, the carriage bar of the Wahl machine; but I havemodified it somewhat as will presently appear. The bar 43 includes atrack-way along its under side which is engaged by a roller 44, whichroller supports the weight of the carriage at the middle. A secondroller 45 engages the rear .surface of the carriage at the bottomthereof.

In the Wahl machine there is a third roller turning on a vertical pivotand running in a groove in the top of the carriage bar. I have modifiedthis construction, making the groove 46 face downward instead of upwardand the roller 47 engaging the flange 48, which flange is a dependinginstead of an upstanding flange. I also employ an ecprevent lifting ofthe bar 43, this uard being similar to the one used in the ahl machine.It will be under stood that the rollers 44, 45 and 47 and the guard 50are all mounted on the frame piece centric guard 50 to '35 approximatelyin the fore and aft vertical plane through the master wheel. At its endsthe carriage bar 43 is provided with.

arms 51 which are connected by pin and slot changed location of theroller 48. The computer also includes one or more adding heads 55 whichare mounted on'the carriage bar 43 in the manner common in the Wahlmachine, except as to the form and arrangement of the detent, which willbe more particularly described hereinafter. These add: ing heads 55,asto their internal mechanism, may be substantially identical with thoseemployed in the Wahl machine or as far as my invention is concerned,they may be of any suitable construction.

On each of the adding heads 55 I mount a combined detent and column stopdevice which I have designated generally by the numeral 56. In the forniin which this 'device is shown in the present instance, it consistsessentially of a piece of sheetmetal mounted on one face of the addinghead by means of shouldered and headed screws 57 and 58. The screw 57passes loosely through a horizontal slot 60 and the screw 58 passesthrough an L-shaped slot 61 in the device 56, said Lshaped slot having ahorizontal branch and a vertical branch running down ward from the rearend of said horizontal branch. Said device 56 normally stands 1n pin 65projecting from the device 56 also lies between the two branches of thespring 62 and the tension of said spring tends to maintain said pin 65directly above'the pin 64, this being the middle position of the member56. At its front end said member 56 has an upstanding arm from which akey 66 is bent off. Said device has a rearwardly extending arm 67 which,when the adding head is mounted on the carriage 43, lies in and projectsthrough one of the series f slots 68 cutin the uppermost flange of saidcarriage and situated a. letter space distance apart slumn in Pig. 2.The construction is'such that when thc device stands in its normalmiddle positlon shown in Fig. 3, the arm UT projects a short distanceback of the carriage bar 43; but the said device can be pushed back toa. rear position shown in Fig. l where the arm 67 projects a greaterdistance toward the rear from the bar By pulling forward on the key 66the device 56 can be moved to the position shown in Fig. (3, that is tosay, it can be pulled forward of its middle position and then. tilted upabout the pin 57 as a center, the rear end of the member 56 beingallowed to move upward by the vertical part of the angled slot 61.. Whenthe device '56 is moved to this position the arm 67 thereof is entirelyfree of the slot ()8 in the bar 43 and the adding head is free to heslid along said bar and to be, if desired, entirely removed from thebar. When said adding head is adjusted along the bar to whateverposition is desired, it is retained in that position by the device asmoving down to theposition shown in Fig. 3 with the arm 67 in one of theSlots I utilize the arm 67 of the device 56 as a column stop to arrestthe computer carriage and with it the typewriter carriage at any desired[msit'iou in the adding column. To

this end I have provided a series of denominational stops 70 forcooperation with these arms 67. Said denominational stops consist ofangled lovers of the form shown in the drawings, said levers beingpivoted on a rod 71 mounted in a frame 72, which frame at its upperpart. has mounted therein a guide plate 73, said guide plate havingslots situated a letter space distance apart for guiding the stops 70.For a purpose which will. presently appear, the frame 72 is pivoted on ahorizontal pivot 74: to the frame plate which supports the actuator andcarriage of the computer. Each of the stops 70 has a rearwardly directedarm 75 adapted to be pushed up by a push bar 76 in order to throw theupper end of the stop into the path of the column stop 67. There is aseries of these push bars 76 suitably guided in slots in the frame piece35 and secured in position by a guard plate 77. The stop 70 may beprovided with any suitable restoring springs 78. Each of the push bars76 is pivoted at its lower end at 79 to a horizontal lever arm 80 thatis pivoted on a cross bar Si. as here shown. is

mounted in ,blihiwl 32 (Fig. I) mounted on the bas part l (hetypewriter. Each oi the an .uccted by a diagonal imr 88 with another 84(Figs. 1 and ii which is also pivotw an the rod 81. Each of said arms 84ht] in the forward end thereof a cam slot into which a pin 86 projectsfrom the side lever is pivoted on a cross bar 88 mountell in the base ofthe typewriter. The levers 87 arelevers of the first order and their depending arms have pivoted thereto the rear ends of push bars 90 which attheir forward ends are guided in. a frame 91 and carry denominationaltabulator keys 92. The le vers 87 are also controlled by returningsprings 93 eachfconnected at one end to one of said levers and at theother end to a frame plate 94 (Fig. 1). The cam slot 85 as shownconsists of two dwells, one at each end of the slot and at differentelevations, and said dwells connected by an inclined part, theconstruction being such that when the key is pushed toward the rear thearm 8% is forced upward, rocking the lever of a lever 87, whichconsisting of the parts 84, 83 and 80 upward and pushing upwardthereforeon the bar 76 and rocking the stop 70 into the path of the stops 67.

The bars 80, as shown in Fig. 2,3116

than a letter space distance, whereas the,

spacing of the tabulator keys The diagonal bars 83 are situated abovethe lever arms 84 and 80, as shown in Fig. 1, and they connect the twoarms in such'a way that when one of them is rocked about the shaft 81the other one is rocked also. As shown in Fig. 2 the outermost ones'ofthese bars 83 extend clear across two intermediate arms Si so that thearms 80are grouped close together in the middle of the machine and stillare operatively connected with their respective arms 84.

In order to release the carriage when one of the tabulator keys 92 isoperated, a universal bar 95 is provided, said universal bar lyingbehind the lower arms of the levers 87 and being supported by verticalarms 96 pivoted on the rod 88, the construction being such that when anyof the keys 92 is operated the universal bar 95 is swung toward the rearof the machine. This uni versal bar and the levers 87. at least as faras the lower arms of said levers are concerned, are similar to thecorresponding parts now employed in the lVahl-Remington machine, saiduniversal bar having an arm 97 which is connected by a link 98 with anarm 100 rigidly mounted on and dependin from a transverse rock shaft 101pivoted in the rear of the base of the type-- writer. Said rock shaftalso has mounted thereon. another arm 10:? of the angled form shown inFig 1, which arm .102 is connected by a pull link 103 with a lever 101'of the first order. which lever is pivoted at to a bracket 10G mountedon the top plate 3 of the machine. The forward end of the lever 104 isbent off to form a shoe that lies heneath the feed rack 12 of thetypewriter carriage. The construction is such that whenever theuniversal bar 95 is moved toward the rear, the lever 104 is rocked andlifts the feed rack 12 out of engagement with the pinion 14 and thusreleases the carriage from the controlof the escapement mechanism. WVhenthe key 92 is released the parts just described are restored to normalposition by means of a restoring spring 107 connected at one end to thearm 100 and at the other end to a frame plate 108.

The operation of the parts when the member 56 stands in its normal,middle position shown in Fig. 1, will be understood from the abovedescription. When any of the tabulator keys 92 is v operated, thecorresponding one of the denominational stops is moved ,forward as shownin Fig. 3 and the carriage is released and run down until it is arrestedby one of the stops 67, encountering the projected stop 70. As all ofsaid stops 67 project toward the rear to the same distance, the stop 70will arrest the first stop 67 that reaches it. I have provided means forselecting among the columns, that is to say, I have provided meanswhereby a key 92 can be operated and the typewriter and computercarriages moved freely until the stop 67, of a selected one of theadding heads has reached the projected stop 70, other adding headspassing freely by said stop 70. It is for this reason that the member 56is made movable toward the rear to the position shown in Fig. 4. It willbe noted that the spring 62 tends to re- Store this member to its Fig. 3position. I prefer to provide means for holding the member 56 in itsFig. 4 position temporarily. Said means consists of a spring plate orbar 110 riveted at 111 to the mem-- ber 56 and projecting toward therear above and parallel to the arm 67. As shown in Fig. 2 the detent 110is thicker at its rear end than it is throughout the remainder of itslength. It is so constructed that when the member 56 is moved back tothe rear position shown in Fig. 4 this plate 110 springs to the left,its thickened rear end hooking in behind a tooth of the bar 43. Theconstruction is also such that when the carriage moves to the left untilthe projected stop 67 is arrested by the projected one of the stops 70,that said stop 70 unlatches the plate 110, thus leaving the mem ber 56free to be moved toward the front of the machine to its normal positionby the spring 62.

When the "stop 67 is pushed toward the rear as shown in Fig. 4. it movestoward the rear a long universal bar 112, which llIllversal bar hasvertical arms 113 which are pivoted at 114 (Fig. 2) to the brackets 53in such a way that the universal bar iscapable o mot'on in a front andback directlon. As

show in Figs, 3 and 4, the universal bar 112 stands just in front of andin contact with the frame 72 in which the stops 70 are mounted. Theconstruction is such that when the bar 112 is moved toward the rear asshown in Fig. 4:, it also swings the frame 72 toward the rear, thusmoving the stops 70 to the rear of their normal position shown inFlg. 1. If now one of said stops 70 be operated, by operating thecorresponding key 92, it will be projectedin front of its companions,and in position to engage the rearwardly moved one of the column stops67 but not far enough to engage those column stops 67 that remain in theFig. 3 position. The result of this operation will be that when thecarriage is released it will move toward the left and any adding headswhose stops 67 have not been moved toward the rear will pass theprojected stop 70 freely and said projected stop will arrest only theadding head whose stop 67 has been pushed to the rear as shown in Fig.4. It will thus be seen that if no stop 67 is pushed to the rear and allof said stops are left in their normal, middle positions, then thetabulator operates like any ordinary denominational tabulator in thisrespect, that when one of the denominational stops is operated it willarrest the first column stop that reaches it; but if one of saidcolummstops has been moved to its rear position. then the project" eddenominational stop is rendered incapable of arresting any other columnstop than the one that has been thus moved. W'hen said column stop isarrested the e11- gagement of the stop 70 with the latch 110 willrelease said stop and permit it to move back to its normal position.This motion, however. will not free it from the stop 70 because if itthus moves back to normal po sition while the two stops are inengagement, the universal bar 112 and the frame 7 2, and with them thedenominational stop 70, will all move forward also, being impelled inthis movement by a spring 115 best shown in Fig. 8, which spring issecured by a screw 116 to the stationary part of the framework andpresses against the frame 72. pressing said frame toward the front ofthe machine.

As it may be desired to arrest the carriage sometimes in positions thatdo not correspond with adding columns, I have provided special columnstops that are not mounted on adding heads but are mounted on thecomputer carriage preferably in the same general manner as the addingheads. Such a device is shown in Figs. 2 and 7 where the parts 56 andthose associated therewith are substantially like the corre-" spondingparts mounted on the adding heads and are designated by the samereference numerals. A plate 117 is provided, said plate being shapedsomewhat like one of the side plates of an adding he d; hat ls tf) say,it is provided with the s. 10 move-tail arrangement for securing it tothe bar 43 and 1 it is also provided with the screws 57, 58 and 63 andpin 64. This plate is also formed the other at the lower edge thereof,said branches being bent ofi horizontally toward the right as shown inFig. 2 and each of said branches having an arm 120 bent oii therefromtoward therear, these two arms 120 being dove-tailed on to the bar 43 soas to give the plate 117 a sufiiciently rigid mounting on said bar. Thestop bar 67 projects through the slots 68 in the same manner as thecorresponding parts mounted on the addinghead. It will, of course, beunderstood that the machine can be equipped entirely with these specialcolumn stops it desired without any adding heads at all. It will thus beseen that my improvements are applicable to typewriting machines inwhich there is no computer and also to com- 1 puting machines in whichthere is no typewriter.

When there are several adding heads and detached column stops in themachine it may some imes be desired to make a number of ehtriesm someone ortwo of the columns to the exclusion of the remaining columns,

hind the shoulder 125,

andvthis work can be done more conveniently if one or more of the columnstops can be pushed in to its operated position and be held there so asnot to be released by the denominational stop. This can be provided forin a variety of ways, but I prefer to mount adjacent to each of thecolumn stops a hand operated detent that can be moved into engagementwith the associated column stop ifdesired. In the present instance, Ihave'shown a latch 121 pivoted at 122 to the top of the adding head orto an ear 123 of the frame 117. The latch 121 has a nose 124 which isadapted to be moved in be- Fig. 3, of the part 56. The latch 121. may beprovided with a finger piece 126 and a stop pin 127 may be so placed asto limit the motion of the latch toward the right.

It will be perceived that each of the stops 67 is adapted to be adjustedor shifted at will and independently of its support and of the otherstops 67 so that it can occupy shifted position, and that thekey-actuated cooperating stops can engage it in both of said positions;that said coiiperatlng stops are adapt-- ed to engage with all of saidstops 67 when the latter are in like positions, but are adapted toengage only with the shifted stop when any one of said stops 67 IS inshifted position; that the engaging face of each of the column stops isadapted to travel in either of two parallel lines and the cooperatingstop can engage said column stop whether its engaging face is travelingin oneor'the other of said lines;

that said cooperating stops are movable to terminate at either of twodifferent positions to cooperate with a stop 67 traveling in either oftwo parallel lines; and that means are provided for 7 simultaneouslyshifting or adjusting said cooperating stops and a selected one of thestops 6'7.

If a number of items in succession are to be written in some one columnto the exclusion of other columns, or if for any other reason it isdesired to dispense with the automatic release of an operated columnstop the column stop can be pushed toward the rear and the latch justdescribed canbe moved to the left to hold the column stop in itsoperated position until said latch is released by hand. When the latch'121 is in use the release of the detent 110 by the denominational stopdoes not permit the column stop to return to normal position. a

Various changes can be made without departing from my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In tabulating mechanism, the combination with a traveling carriage,of one or more colunm stops each adjustable with relation to the travelof said carriage, means for operating said column stops to selectcolumns, means for locking the operated column stop in operatedposition, and one or more key-operated cooperating stops acting whensaid stops arrest the carriage to release said locking means.

2. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of column stops,a series of cooperating denominational stops, means for operating saiddenominational stops, said denominational stops when operated beingadapted to engage any one of said column stops, means for moving any oneof said column stops to an operated position, and means operated by saidmoving means for preventing cooperation between said denominationalstops and the unoperated column stops] I 3. In tabulating mechanism, thecombination of a series of column stops, a series of cooperatingdenominational .stops, means for operating said denominational stops,

stops, means for operating said stops 1n either of two positions of saidsupport, a

' the combi-' series of column stops, means for operating ,said columnstops, and means whereby an operation of a column stop moves saidsupport, the construction being such that when said support is in oneposition and a denominational stop is operated, said denominational stopis adapted to cooperate with any of said column stops but when saidsupport is in the other position the operated denominational stop isadapted to coact only with the operated column stop.

In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of independentlyoperable denominational stops, a series of independently operable columnstops for cooperation with said denominational stops, and means operatedby an operation of one of said column stops for modifying the action ofsaid denominational stops so that when the column stops are in normalposition and a denominational stop is operated, said denominational stopis adapted to cooperate With any one of said column stops, whereas whenone of said column stops is operated and a denominational stop is alsooperated, said denominational stop is adapted to coact only with theoperated one of said column stops.

6. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a traveling carriage,stops mounted on said carriage, relatively stationary 00- operatingstops, means for moving the carriage stops toward said relativelystationary stops, and a universal bar mounted on the stationaryframework and arranged to be operated by said carriage stops.

7. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a traveling carriage, oneor more column stops adjustable lengthwise of said carriage, means foroperating any one of said column stops, one or more relativelystationary cooperating stops, and a universal bar mounted on thestationary framework of the machine and arranged to be operated by saidcolumn stop or stops.

8. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of adjustablecolumn stops, a series of denominational stops, means for moving any oneof said column stops to an operative position, a universal bar arrangedto be operated by any of said column stops, and means operated by saiduniversal bar for shifting the whole series of denominarhmal stops.

9. In tabulating inevhauism, the combination of a tram-lint, Y 4c. oneor more column stops mount: said carriage and adjustable lengthwisetlnreot'. means for nmving any one of column stops to operativeposition, a re aerating stop, a univcrsal bar operated by any of aidcolumn sto means whereby said universal bar shift :id moperatingif stop,and means for operat ng "aid rocperazlng stop.

10. In iaz'mlaiingg mechanism, the comhi nation of a traveling carriage,one or more column stops mounted on said carriage and adjustablelengthwise thereof, a relatively stationary set of denominational stops,means for operating any of said column stops, a universal bar arrangedto be operated by said column stops, means whereby said universal barshifts said set of denominational stops, means for operating saiddenominational stops, and a carriage release device operated by anoperation of one of said stops.

11. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a traveling carriage,one or more column stops each adjustable with relation to the travel ofsaid carriage, means foroperating said column stops to select columns,means for locking the operated column stop in operated position, and acooperating stop acting when said stops arrest the carriage to releasesaid locking means.

12. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of columnstops, each independently adjustable to different letter spacepositions, a cooperating stop, means for operating said cooperatingstop, and means for setting said column stops individually in twopositions in one of which said cooperating stop acts on all of saidcolumn stops alike and in the other of which said cotiperating stop actson said column stops selectively.

13. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of columnstops, each independently adjustable to difi'erent letter spacepositions, a cooperating stop, means for operating said cooperatingstop, means for setting said column stops in two positions in one ofwhich said cooperating stop acts on all of said column stops alike andin the other of which said cooperating stop acts on said column stopsselectively, and means for shifting said cooperating stop when one ofsaid column stops is set to selective position.

14'. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a set of .tabulatorstops, a cooperative stop which, when operated, is capable of engagingany one of said tabulator stops, said tabulator stops beingindependently movable toward said coiiperativc stop, and means wherebysuch movement of a tabulator stop renders the cooperative stopcooperable only with the moved tabulator stop.

1.3. In tabulating mechanism. the combination of a set of tabulatorstops, a set of cooperative stops each of which when operated is capableof engaging any one of said tabulator stops, said tabulator stops beingindependently movable toward said cm'iperative stops. and means wherebysuch movement of one of said tabulator stops l'cIltlvl'S saidcooperative stops cooperable only with said moved tabulator stop.

1 operating stop,

16. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a set of column stops, aset of cooperative denominational stops, said denominational stops, whenoperated, being capable of engaging any one of said column stops, meansfor shifting said column stops independently of each other toward saiddenominational stops, and means whereby the shifting of one of saidcolumn stops toward the denominational stops renders said denominationalstops inoperative on all the column stops except .the on shifted. I

17. In tabulating mechanism the combination of a set of column stopseach independently operable, a support for said stops, a cooperativestop, said cooperative stop being, when operated, normally capable ofengaging any one of said column stops, a

separate key for each column stop for shift- I ing it on its supporttoward the cooperative stop, and means whereby such shifting of a columnstop renders said cooperative stop incapable ofengaging the other columnStops.

18. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a set of column stops, asetof cooperating denominational stops, said column stops normallyhaving their contact faces in line and said denominational stops beingnormally capable, when operated, of engaging any of said column stops,means for shifting one of said column stops out of line, and meansoperated by said shifting means for rendering the denominational stopscapable of contacting only with said shifted column stop.

19. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a set of tabulatorstops, a cooperative stop, said tabulator stops being movable intocooperation with said cooperative stop, means for locking any one ofsaid tabulator stopsin. its operated position, means for automaticallyreleasing said look by the contact of the stops, and means forpreventing the release of the stop.

20. In tabulator mechanism, the combi nation of a series of operatablestops, a comeans for holding any one of the said operatable stops in itsoperated position, said 'means being automatically releasable by saidcooperating stop, and hand operated means for holding said operatablestop in its operated position, the last recited means being incapable ofrelease by saidcooperating stop.

"211111 tabulator mechanism, the combination ofa series of key operatedstops, springs for'frestoring said stops to normal position, and a' handoperated detent for use when desired, to hold one of said stops inoperated position. against the action of its restoring spring.

22. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a carriage, a slottedbar parallel 'ated arms are spaced. r t,

with the line of travel of said carriage, a column stop adjustable alongsaid bar and retained in adjusted position by the slots in said bar, acobperating stop, means for moving said .column stop to an operatedposition, and a detent for holding said column stop in such position,said detent being releasable by said cooperating stop.

23. In tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series ofdenominational stops, a set of column stops normally in position to beengaged by any operated one of said denominational stops, means formoving one of said column. stops to a shifted position, meansoperated'by said shifting means for rendering said denominational stopsincapable of contacting with any but the shifted stop, and a detent forsaid shifted stop arranged to be released by a denominational. stop.

nation of a series ofdenominational stops each having the form of anangled lever, a shiftable frame in which said denominational stops aremounted, denominational keys and connections to said stops, saidconnections including bars arranged to cooperate with one of the arms*ofeach of said stops ineither position. of said shiftedfl'ame, columnstops, and colnmn selecting means including means forfshifting:v saidframe.

25. In tabulatingmec hanism, the combi nation of aseries,ofdenominational stops, a series of bars for. operatingsaidsteps, a series of levers for operating-said] bars, a

of said levers havingftwo arms 'one' 'conformer armsconnectedjyvifth thelatter by cross overvbranellcs nli ereby lthe key operhetap he-' t ebar-operating anms,{ the key key operated arms. ,1 i

261 The. combination; of. a carriage, stop" bar, column stopssaicl'"stop bar,

and a key carried by the arriage for"m' ov v s 0f sided-me S e nd v d y01 stops one movab'ly mounted on each of said supports, each ofsaidstops acting as'a d'e tent to retain its saidsupport in adjustedposition, relatively stationary cooperating 24:. In tabulatingmechanlsm, the combi-;

traveling carr1age,a series of supports adp'lstable lengthw se of saidcarr age, a series of column' a .fisnnsst eluding pin an d camslotconnections to ,Silltl series of keysifor-operatin-g sa dleycrs'eachstops, means for moving any of said carriage stops toward saidrelatively stationary stops,

a universal bar arranged to be operated by said carriage stops, andmeans operated by said universal bar for changing the relation of saidrelatively stationary stops to said carriage stops.

29. The combination of a carriage comprlsing a part having a series ofopen ended slots therein; a support adjustable along said carriage; acombined detent and column stop mounted on said support and adapted tobe moved into one of said slots to retain said support in adjustedposition, said combined detent and stop being mounted on said supportfor a swinging motion to move it into and out of said slot and said stopbeing also provided with a key whereby it can be given a sliding motionfrom a normal position to an operated position; and a non-travelingcooperating stop.

30. In a tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of columnstops, a key controlled stop which in the normal positions of thepiadapted when actuated to epga eeach on "of the column stops, and

means :iidr sh iftiiig 'the'position of any sediie lumn stops, and for Iu y, i 'rit ol l'ed stop when actu- U operation, to en- 'eterinined orselecttops v g mechanism, the combiiiijatio' of stop, adapted to occupya norinal -shifted' positimrand a cooperatin'g e actuated stop "adaptedto engage with a errtli' I y .N't Q L itn y [ctua ted stop a a? as r 29%ga e-pieranefsaia fii-st menaaaaaassmamas a airaaaike positipgs, andalso adapted to 'e n age only with Wli' "maybe moved to the otllepositio vh" is" capable occupy at; 53. n'a tabulating mechanisrii','tlie combination of a series of stops .eaclr independen 'd iffereatposicomindeaseetlaad'u t bination of a series of column stops adjustableindependently and at will relatively to each other and to their supportso that their engaging faces may be made to travel in either of twoparallel lines, and a cooperating stop adapted to engage said columnstops whether their engaging faces be adjusted to travel in one of saidlines or the other.

36. In a tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of travelingcolumn stops adjustable relatively to each other at right-angles totheir path of travel so that the engaging face of each may be made totravel in either of two lines, and a series of cooperatingdenominational stops each adapted to cooperate with said column stops atone time in one of said lines and at another time in the other of saidlines, according to adjustment.

37. In'a tabulating mechanism, the com bination of a traveling stopadjustable at right-angles to its path of travel so that its engagingface may be made to travel in either of two parallel lines, and acooperatterminate at either of two different positions relative to saidfirst mentioned stops.

39. In a tabulating mechanism, the combination of a column stop havingtwo different working positions, a cooperating stop capable of engagingsaid column stop in both said positions, and meam for shifting oradjusting said column stop from one of said positions to the other andfor simultaneously shifting said cooperating stop.

40. In a tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of columnstops, a 00- operating stop, and means for simultaneously shifting oradjusting said cooperating stop and a selected one of said column stopsindependently of the remaining column stops.

41. In a tabulating mechanism, the combination of a series of columnstops, a cooperating series of denominational stops, and means forsimultaneously shifting or adjusting said series of denominational stopsand a selected one of said column stops independently of the remainingcolumn stops.

42. In a tabulating bination of a see: operas n at 1;

of New York. in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 31stday of Jzw. A. D. 1912.

JOHN WALDHEIM. Witnesses:

CHARLES E. SMITH, E. M. VELLS.

